Quotes for Silence

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

Myrtle Reed

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

Publilius Syrus

Silence is a fence around wisdom.

German proverb

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

Confucius

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Leonardo da Vinci

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

Elizabeth I

I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it.

Elie Wiesel

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King Jr.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

Lao Tzu

Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.

Andrea Bocelli

Silence is a universal language. It's like music or painting.

Michel Hazanavicius

Silence is deep as Eternity, Speech is shallow as Time.

Carlyle

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Alice Walker

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Plutarch

Speak only when your words are more beautiful than silence.

Prophet Muhammad

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.

Anthony de Mello

A rat race is for rats. We're not rats. We're human beings. Reject the insidious pressures in society that would blunt your critical faculties to all that is happening around you, that would caution silence in the face of injustice lest you jeopardise your chances of promotion and self-advancement.

Jimmy Reid

But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.

Karl Shapiro